Northern Ireland is key to understanding the domestic implementation of the WPS agenda and how the UK applies this to a region that falls within their borders. The fifth UK National Action Plan on WPS included domestic aspects of WPS, for the first time, which GAPS has advocated for many years. This now opens up the space to discuss what good WPS in Northern Ireland looks like and how the UK can support this. In this episode, we create space to learn from and understand how women-led...

In response to the ongoing violence in Palestine, GAPS, together with Oxfam, Madre and WILPF, hosted Palestine is a feminist issue: a conversation on Women Peace and Security in Palestine. This episode is a lightly edited version of that March 12 2024 event. The conversation recognises how the genocide and conflict are forcing the international development and women’s rights sector to respond and grapple with current violence as well as the long-standing history of occupation and apartheid....

Season 2 starts with a discussion on the linkages between Women Peace Security (WPS) and feminist foreign policy (FFP). Joining our Director Eva Tabbasam in conversation are Toni Haastrup, Chair in Global Politics at the University of Manchester, and Ray Acheson, Director of Reaching Critical Will at the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom. The conversation with these two experts includes an in-depth look at how states with FFPs fail to uphold feminist principles, especially...

In the final episode, Florence and Eva review the different themes discussed throughout the season, note the emerging themes necessary to support women’s rights and women-led organisations, and check-in on progress of the United Kingdom’s implementation of its fifth National Action Plan. Florence Waller – Carr is Policy and Advocacy Manager and Eva Tabbasam is Director, both at Gender Action for Peace and Security (GAPS).

This episode discusses women’s participation in decision making across peacebuilding, politics and more. The adoption of resolution 1325 has meant that the importance of women’s participation is recognised but in practice women are still not being meaningful included. Genuine participation must include women from all parts of society. Host, Florence Waller – Carr (GAPS Policy and Advocacy Manager) is joined by Nathali Rátiva, a PhD candidate in interdisciplinary gender and equalities studies...

This episode discusses the funding landscape of WPS globally and in the UK, as well as the the research findings and recommendations from GAPS’ Key to Change Research on funding women's rights organisations and women led organisations in fragile and conflict affected contexts. Host, Florence Waller - Carr (GAPS Policy and Advocacy Manager) is joined by Helen Kezie-Nwoha (@keziehelen) who is the Executive Director of the Women’s International Peace Centre, a regional organization that promotes...

This episode discusses the domestication of WPS in the UK, with a specific focus on Northern Ireland and the UK's refugee and asylum policy. We are joined for this discussion by Dr Catherine Turner (@DrCTurner), an Associate Professor of International Law and Deputy Director of the Durham Global Security Institute where her work sits at the intersection of international law and global policy in the field of international peace and security, who we talk to about the case of Northern Ireland....

This episode discusses women and girls' rights in Afghanistan, and the global response a year and a half after the withdrawal of international forces, the government's collapse, and the country's handover to Taliban forces.  We are joined for this discussion by Maryam Rahmani and Hasina Safi. Maryam has recently joined Womankind Worldwide – a UK-based organization working for women’s empowerment, where she is an Advisor on Afghanistan. Maryam is also a Country Representative for the Afghan...

This episode is an introduction to the Women Peace and Security agenda and National Action Plans and looks at the future of the UK’s Women, Peace and Security Policy in the context of the launch of their new NAP. Our guests for this episode's conversation are Dr Paul Kirby and Dr Hannah Wright, both in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University of London. Hannah is an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow in Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary University...